Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-12

on Dire and burning them up. The wood
work OF the engine was also burned. One
car OF lumber besides the caboose was en-
TREY burned. Ths accident was caused by
to see through the smoke caused 81 the
burning grass on the prairie. #
At Mandan, OAK, an Unsuccessful.
attempt was made to Kill supt Greene, Of
the Missouri division, Northern Pacific
railway. A man named Kelly had Been
Working Tor the road e brakeman and
He pulled Winchester, fired and Just
missed Greene's head The bullet went
through window casing. Kelly was
arrested. .ss3 1. + 8.
At st. Cloud, Mimi, q negro pris-
oner awaiting trial for picking pockets,
dug out Of the jail: The sheriff heard 2
rest Of his boarders. The escaped prisoner
is q very large man and gave the name Of
w. IL. Beeley. a burglar entered Mrs..
Helen Moofe's residence and secured few
small articles, when he was frightened
away. j.. = ~, .-'Is9
The 3-masted schooner City Of Green
Bay went ashore near South Haven, Mich,
thesea coming over her In such violence as
soon to break her up, and she fell apart
with seven souls aboard, only one of whom,
seamen named a.. T. Slater OF st. Joseph,
was saved. Capt Castillo, her command-
or, and the other five Of his crew Of six men
were drowned. t. ..*g {. se5<*
Judge Berry of the Minnesota State
Supreme Court is lying seriously Ill at his
home at Minneapolis with PARALYSIS of his
right arm and hand, affecting to some ex.
tent his whole system. While it is thought
recovery in measure is probable the
able to again sit upon the bench. re
At Minneapolis, Lou Murray, the
brute who assaulted Miss Mary Sylvester,
was granted q change of venue to Wright
county and the trial set for December 9Th
by Judges Lochen and Young before
whom the case was argued. He was con-
tinued in Jail, bail being fixed at 5000.
At Sioux Falls, OAK, Christine
Peterson, single woman twenty-eight
years old, committed suicide BY shooting
herself in the head. This was her fourth
attempt at self destruction since her dis
charge from the lunatic asylum at st.
Peter, Mimi, five weeks ago.
Mason City, Iowa, has had a satur-
nalie of incendiary fires, the same break
ing out in different places at the same time
and calling out the firemen three and four
times day. The large stock barn of Vol
ney Giddings was burned with large
amount OF hay and grain. One alleged
incendiary has been arrested.
At Des Moines, Iowa, Judge Given
granted. a change Of venue to Boone county
in the cases OF j. Reed Hurlbut and Joseph
Row, indicted on charges of killing Con-
stable Logan last winter while attempting
to make liquor seizure and arrest. The
plea was that justice could not be obtained
In Polk county.
A strange freak of nature is reported
in East Dubuque, Iowa. A child was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Bohn without eyes. The
place where the eyes should be is covered
by q smooth skin and q surgical operation
hcal formation. Tho child is otherwise
perfect.
A preliminary examination was held
at st. Paul in the case against Hal Reid for
his assault on Miss Maud Comson and he
was promptly held to the grand jury in
S, 900 bail. Miss Comson gave her testi-
mony in q clear, touching manner, and
beyond cross discrimination the defense did
nothing.
Lincoln MacVeagh, son of Ex-.
Attorney General MacVeagh, was married
at st. Paul, Mimi, to daughter of Gen.
John B. Hammond. Mr.. MacVeagh ST.. with
his family were present at the wedding,
coming from Philadelphia, Pa, in special
car. The young couple are to reside at Chi
cage. :. -. ~ s.. r. =
In the Hall & Ducey mill, at
L. Bennett was thrown on TO- ],
the cogs of the big bull wheel and his right
arm drawn in up to the shoulder crushing
it into shapeless pulp. He cannot live.
At the 9TH annual fair of the Rem
vile County, Mimi, agricultural society,
o. c. Grigg delivered the annual address
The exhibits were fine.
The grand jury at St. Paul, indicted
Hal Reid for his assault on Maud Comson
and the trial is to be had between Oct. Il
and Nov.3. ~. -. 49,. e.. -
Co. L, of St. Peter and Co. e., Of
Duluth, NJ. N. g., are at Chicago, attend
ing the International drill.
Three inches of snow, the first of the
season, fell at Livingston, Montana, on the
9th.
= The Waseca, Mimi, fair was great
success in attendance and exhibits.